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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1928
Page
11
Agnes Story, a Christmas Eve romance, faces despair as Rob Roy fails to appear on Christmas Eve. A street accident brings Rob to Agnes just as she contemplates fleeing, and a hospital visit averts tragedy. The couple reconciles as they prepare for marriage, ending with hopeful plans for a bright Christmas.
Faith Baldwin in St. Nicholas imagines a Christmas tree speaking of its old night winds stars and frost. It celebrates a child’s laughter gifts and warmth that transform its silent height into a living beacon of joy and love.
The piece traces the Christmas tree from Norse Yggdrasil roots to Boniface’s New Testament intervention at an oak altar in Central Europe about 724 A D. It discusses the evolution from pagan symbolism to a Christian Yuletide emblem and notes early Teutonic practices decorating evergreen trees with symbols of gods, animals, and mythic beings.
Denver employs a novel plan for Christmas trees using city government and U S forest service to curb wasteful logging. In 1927 about 40 000 evergreens were cut for the market before the plan. now licensed vendors sell trees with tags proving lawful cutting. Signs along Pike National Forest west of Denver guide thinning to promote growth and forest health.
An advertisement extols California Fig Syrup as the best remedy for troubled stomachs and bowels in children. It cites a Western mother from Montrose, California, praising its quick, gentle action and states the product is pure vegetable and harmless for babies.
Barren Island off Fuklen, long barren, is being reclaimed by chemical soil treatment to neutralize acidity. Experimental crops include rice, potatoes, and peanuts. The island could support 5000 cattle and has housed several hundred sheep. Past visits by thousands of peasants ended after fishing season as supplies were carried ashore.
A nostalgic ad promises rapid relief from a cold with Pape's Cold Compound. It extols its power to settle a cold even when deep in the throat or lungs, urging readers to act by noon and enjoy a full social schedule again.
A new dry dock in the port of New York will be 715 feet long in the clear with a floor width of 93 feet and a top width of 113 feet. It will be 40 feet deep from top to bottom and cost about 2 million dollars upon completion in about 18 months. A home economics expert notes that emphasis on proper child nutrition has led many parents to eat more sensibly.
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